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W. RoGERs DEVICEFOR LASTING'BDOTS AND SHOES.

y No. 294,276. Patentca'd Feb. 26,1884.

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` UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WARNER ROGERS, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO, As'sIGNOR To THE WARNER ROGERS d FLEXIBLE SHOE COMPANY, OF SAME PLAGE.

DEVICE FOR LAsTlNG BOOTS-AND SHOES.l

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 294,276, dated February 26, 1884,

' Application sled May 14, 1F83. (No modem T all whom it may concern..-

Be it known that I, WARNER ROGERS, of Cincinnati, in the county of 'Hamilton and lState of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Devices for Manufacturing Shoes, which improvement is fully set forth in the following specifi-cation and accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of the under .Io sideof the last, showing manner of attaching the retaining-plate. Fig. 2 is a vertical crosssectional view of the forward part of the shoe, showing the retaining-plate. Fig. 3 is a crosssectional view 4of shoe containing slip -sole I 5 placed in the last during the process of manufacture. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the retaining-plate.

The present invention has reference to the means for constructing the new and Aimproved 2"O shoe without a permanent insole, as set forth in a separate application; and it consists in havingna thin retaining-plate adapted to be placed on the forward half ofthe last, which plate is equipped with peripheral pins, hooks,

2 5 or points, so that-when. the edge of the upper is turned'down and hooked onto the pins on the edge of this plate, and the sole also placed on andv secured tothe plate by the said pins,

the last may be removed and the shoe stitched,

3o all of which will hereinafter be set forth in detail.

\ In the accompanying drawings, Arepresents the vamp; B, the quarters; C, the upper sole,

and D the retaining-plate -for holding the upper to the sole after the last is removed, during the process of manufacture and while the upper and sole are being stitched together. The retainingplate D is constructed Smaller than the forward sole portion of the last, so that its 4o edge will be inside of the line of stitching. The marginal edge of the plate, except at the rear portion, is equipped with pins or hooks E at proper intervals, as shown, and in the body of the plate are four or more pins, F, somewhat longer than the pins E. 'Centrallyis an orifice, through which a nail ,G, maybe driven into the last for holding the plate firmly in pof The sole or under side of the last has sition. leather strips H, tackedalong the edge on the two opposite sides, as shown in Fig. 3, between 5o which the plate is placed. The object of these strips is to hold the plate inv place. Preferably the strip H does not extend around the forward end of the 1ast,.so that when the upper is secured to the plate and the nailG withdrawn the last may be drawn backward and out ofthe shoe without being obstructed by thev strips H.. The periphery pins or hooks E are short, so that they will barely go through theupper, `as shown at E. The v:inner pins, F, 6c are sufficiently long to penetrate and hold the sole C when placed on the last. As shown in Fig. 3, the retaining-plate D is first secured to the last I between the strips H H. The upper is then placed on the last and the edge turned over upon the plate Dand secured to the pins E, as shown at J. The upper being turned down onthe plate D, as at J, and secured to the pins E at the forward end of the shoe and lightly tacked or secured to the insole at the 7o rear end, the nail G is withdrawn,and the shoe is ready to receive the sole O. The sole being placed tupon the bottom of the last in proper position, it is driven tightly to the plate, the pins F entering the sole and retaining the same, '7 5 after which the last I is withdrawn. The shoe is then in proper shapeV to be sewed. L rep-l resents the line of stitching, which stitching passes through the sole C and vupper A at a point preferably near the outer edge of -the 8O channel M. After the stitching is completed, the plate D lis'removed and the feather or leaf N of the channel turned down and pasted thereto.

As shown in Fig. 4, O represents an insole having the edges turnedl over or folded, as shown at P. 'Ihis'is placed on the retainingplate, so that the turned edge I lies on said plate inside of the peripheral line of pins E, which are of sufficient length to catch and hold 9o in the leather, but will not be so fixed therein y as to prevent the easy removal of the plate when necessary. When, therefore, the shoe has vbeen stitched, the plate D is withdrawn, and the insole remains in the shoe with the edges turned up. These edges P are then turned down upon the upper and line vof stitclb ing and pasted thereto.

It is obvious that the strips H on the last thereof the pins F, projecting upward, in coinzue not necessary unless the inuuufnoturer debination with the sole and upper, substansires them for the purpose of holding the retially as herein set forth. taining-plate more readily in position. In testimony that I claim the foregoing I i 5 Vhat I claim as new is have hereunto set my hand this 25th day of 1. The retaining-plate D, having at the edge April, 1883, in the presence of witnesses. the series of pins or hooks E and in the body thereof the pins or points F, for holding the sole and upper, substantially as herein set forth.

2. The retaining-plate D, having at the edge the series of pins or hooks E and in the body WARNER ROGERS.

Vitnesses:

J. S. ZERRE, L. E. BROWN. 

